According to this
NYTimes article, many department stores are getting rid of/scaling back their petite section because people aren't shopping there. And they did this all very quietly. How could this have happened? Do retailers really think that petites don't buy petite sizes (if that's the case, then Banana Republic would not have opened petite-only stores. It's the STYLE, everyone!) Something like this would never have happened if this was the plus-sized department.
I have created a
petition (this can also be found in my sig) and a !)
rant , but I really doubt that The Powers That Be really care. I'm sure they'd rather petite women just disappear (but we're NOT
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